The Soul of an Octopus A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
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ePUB
Kopierschutz
Ja
Family Sharing
Ja
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Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
12.07.2016
Verlag
Simon + Schuster LLCSeitenzahl
272 (Printausgabe)
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41998 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9781501161148
A New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this "fascinating...informative" (The Daily Beast) book dives into the intelligence, behavior, and emotional world of the octopusone of the ocean's most complex and captivating creaturesand the extraordinary bonds it forms with humans.
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year
"Sy Montgomery's The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk did for raptors." New Statesman, UK
"One of the best science books of the year." Science Friday, NPR
In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalitiesgentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple sleights of hand to get food.
Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal's color-changing techniques. With her joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures (Library Journal Editors' Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year
"Sy Montgomery's The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk did for raptors." New Statesman, UK
"One of the best science books of the year." Science Friday, NPR
In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalitiesgentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple sleights of hand to get food.
Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal's color-changing techniques. With her joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures (Library Journal Editors' Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.
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Meet your new favorite animal!
Pia-Marie Graves am 26.08.2019
Bewertungsnummer: 348283
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
Sy Montgomery writes about her experience with octopuses like others would write about a love story. This book is educative and funny. There are a lot of things I did not know about those cute little (but actually really big) cephalopods and short stories about funny or sad incidents at aquariums. This is the perfect book for anyone who either loves any kind of animal or wants to know more about those mysterious creatures.
The very Soul of the 'Kraken'
Bewertung am 18.11.2017
Bewertungsnummer: 251817
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
A truely marvellous novel about the mystery of the octopus and other species of the ocean. Not only charming and humorous but also very knowledgeable.
A must-have! Not only for fans of the 'Kraken'.
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